Our Family: Color Me Rad 2014...

"Throughout our lives, we must deal with change. Some changes are welcome; some are not. There are changes in our lives which are sudden, such as the unexpected passing of a loved one, an unforeseen illness, the loss of a possession we treasure. But most of the changes take place subtly and slowly. Day by day, minute by minute, second by second we went from where we were to where we are now. The lives of all of us, of course, go through similar alterations and changes. The difference between the changes in my life and the changes in yours is only in the details. Time never stands still; it must steadily march on, and with the marching come the changes. This is our one and only chance at mortal life—here and now. The longer we live, the greater is our realization that it is brief. Opportunities come, and then they are gone. I believe that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between what is important and what is not. I plead with you not to let those most important things pass you by as you plan for that illusive and nonexistent future when you will have time to do all that you want to do. Instead, find joy in the journey—now. Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with friends and family. One day each of us will run out of tomorrows. " Thomas S. Monson

May 18, 2014

Color Me Rad 2014...

We have been waiting all year again for this fun family race to come around...the boys were so excited again this year and so was I!
I wanted us to all go as a family so we brought Khailo with us this time...he had a "love/hate" relationship with it. He hated being in the jogger unless we were actually running otherwise he would scream...but once we finished the race (which took us 36 min because i didnt do my running before so i was a little slower then normal...hehe sorry honey i know i slowed you down but thanks for always stopping and waiting for my slow butt anyways)...he was LOVING all the color powder and was having a ball playing in it!
Kaylin hated the color, like always, he loved throwing it himself but hated people throwing it at him...same with kiptin....strange that on a day they can get all messy they dont want to...but they had a blast at the after race party with all the color so thats all the matters.
This time they had "blaster" full of color and they boys loved spraying those.
After the race at the little gathering party all the people made a tunnel and some little girl sprayed some color down it and it made a cloud of color the boys and nick loved that, i stayed out of that with khailo.

After the color party we headed to the splash park to wash off before getting some lunch and heading home!!
I love that we do this as a family...SO MANY FUN MEMORIES!!

Kaylin's Funnies!

set up: nick and kaylin are playing video games.

"your not very good dad, you should let me show you how to do it"

"Iam really snart, i know stuff " (snart: meaning smart)

set up: kaylin wants to sleep in our bed.

"kaylin you need to sleep in your own big boy bed"

"but that is my 3 year old bed and I'm 4 so now I can sleep in this bed with you. its a 4 year old bed"

set up: kiptin pulled the filter off the vacume and I couldn't figure out how to put it back on.

"oh mom why did you take this off, let me fix it"

"no kaylin leave it alone, let daddy fix it"

"I can do it...see mom, fixed"

(a very stupid mom moment for sure...its sad when your 4yr old is smarter then you)

“One’s life….cannot be both faith-filled and stress-free….Therefore, how can you and I really expect to guide naively through life, as if to say, ‘Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!’ Real faith….is required to endure this necessary but painful developmental process.” Neal A. Maxwell